1955 ZMa

Copies examined

British Library: g.299.a.
Curwen Press: M12

Title page

[1]4r

THE | DIVISION-VIOL | OR | THE ART OF PLAYING EX TEMPORE | UPON A GROUND | BY | CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON | [short double rule] [next two lines in red] A LITHOGRAPHIC FACSIMILE OF | THE SECOND EDITION | [2½" sq. a pattern of 30pt. flowers] | J. CURWEN & SONS LTD | 24 BERNERS STREET, LONDON, W.1 | SOLE AGENTS FOR U.S.A. | G. SCHIRMER INC., NEW YORK | 1955

Imprint

[1]4v

Limitation

[1]3r

(750)

Collation

[1]6 [2-12]4 [13]2; [13] is tipped in, not sewn;.

Pagination

[I-VIII] IX-XII [+14] 1-24 [25-6] 27-61 [+1] 53-67 [+1]; Note: all arabic numbered pages are part of the facsimile;.

Technical description

12¾" × 7¾", trimmed, artificial head and tail bands, white wove, no mark; 14pt. Caslon; lithographic facsimile occupies all except section [1]; music , line illustration, decorative initials; casing, cream cloth, gold-blocked up spine: ‘[within decorative ruled panel] THE DIVISION-VIOL’; printed dust-jacket.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, Revised 16/Apr/2007